Luke Littler reveals what his mum bought him for Christmas but really didn’t need to

Darts sensation Luke Littler feels he can ascend from new gaming chair to the Palace throne.

And The Nuke is prepared to be an unpleasant beast to take his seat and complete a crazy 12 months in his life. Littler is four games from glory and faces Ryan Joyce for a last-eight place.

While kids across the country got dartboards adorning the 17-year-old’s face, the boy who is obsessed by XBox got his own special gifts as he smiled: “Oh, some clothes, some new shoes, a new gaming chair. A headset. An Xbox gift card from my mum. Even though I am sponsored by them!”

Littler’s ultimate gift is the Sid Waddell Trophy and he’ll show an aggressive side to get his hands on it. The teenager said: “I am not a nice person at times on the board. I don’t think anyone else is. But it’s always good to have that bit of aggression. It’s good for myself to show that I can be ruthless.”

Littler also has a fun side as he showed a couple of times as he interacted with the buoyant Ally Pally crowd. He waved his arms and joined in as the punters sang for his opponent Ian White at one stage before immediately smacking a 180 to silence the tune.

Littler also had an amusing nod at them when he was sarcastically booed for not attempting a bullseye at one point in the match. He said: “I try to gee myself up. Obviously in the first game I just wanted to focus on the darts, not focus on the fans.

“Obviously when you are on a nine twice, near enough they are always going to get involved. But that first game was all focus. I had a bit of fun. Interacting with the crowd, which I do. You didn’t see that much in the first game because I was nervous. But as soon as I won that first set, I was in.

“I always enjoy it. The walk-on. As soon as you are on the